Response to sword attack says a lot about the quality of our leaders

JUSTICE MINISTER Brian Lenihan’s response to the recent savage attack in which a man’s hand was severed from his arm has to be one of the funniest in years, even for this Government.

He has asked somebody to review current legislation on dangerous weapons “to see if it might need tightening up”. He might even consider asking people to have licences for such swords.

This is about the equivalent of the captain of the Titanic asking the first mate quietly to check that the lifeboats don’t have too many holes in them.

The sheer asinine vacuity of the reaction, with Mr Lenihan’s clear admission that he thinks perhaps the law doesn’t actually cover such incidents as things stand, speaks volumes for the quality of the people running our country.

Richard D Barton

Kevin Street

Tinahely

Co WicklowSO now it seems that what Micheál Martin did to the smokes, Brian Lenihan will do to the daggers.

Oliver McGrane

32 Marley Ave

Rathfarnham

Dublin 16